West Virginia Student Success Standards (WVSSS) for Adolescent Level Programming (Grades 9-12)
The WVSSS for Adolescent Level Programming (Grades 9-12) focus on academic, career, social and emotional development and global citizenship.
Acquisition of the knowledge, skills and dispositions described in WVSSS helps students achieve school success and prepare to successfully transition to their
postsecondary choice; whether it is direct placement in entry-level jobs, credit-bearing academic college courses, industry-recognized certificate or license
programs or workforce training programs. These standards will be delivered within the programmatic level in a sequence designed by the school leadership team.
USING CROSSWALKS TO INTEGRATE the WVSSS into your content area: The chart below reflects actual or possible ways to integrate
the WVSSS into everyday instruction within your course content. The crosswalk #’s in the center represent objectives in your content area. The
comments are suggestions for integration of the WVSSS into your instruction. The goal is to simultaneously integrate your content standards and
objectives and the WVSSS, ensuring that all students have continuous opportunities to develop the identified skills, behaviors, attitudes, and
disposition needed to achieve school and postsecondary success.
Adolescent Level Programming (Grades 9-12)
Standards 1: ACADEMIC AND LEARNING DEVELOPMENT - Students will acquire attitudes, knowledge, skills and behaviors to experience
academic success, maximize learning through commitment, produce high quality work and be prepared for a full range of career options and
opportunities after high school.
Competency 1.1 - Self-Directed Learning: Students will acquire attitudes, knowledge and skills that contribute to self-directed learning and success
in school and across the lifespan.
Content Area:
Crosswalk
Comments
Objectives
Through a developmentally appropriate, integrated approach, students will have regular opportunities to:
Learning Outcome: Develop Academic Motivation
ALP.SS.1.1.1 build upon personal skills and interests through school and
community activities.
ALP.SS.1.1.2 apply knowledge of personal learning characteristics to
focus on strengths and maintain motivation for learning.
ALP.SS.1.1.3 exhibit attitudes, skills and dispositions needed to motivate
self-directed, lifelong learning and goal attainment.
Learning Outcome: Develop Learning Skills
ALP.SS.1.1.4 refine executive function skills.
ALP.SS.1.1.5 identify personal learning style(s) to maximize learning in
various environments.
ALP.SS.1.1.6 identify support systems available to advance individual
learning and seek help when needed.
ALP.SS.1.1.7 demonstrate the ability to work independently or
collaboratively in various learning environments.
Learning Outcome: Achieve School Success
ALP.SS.1.1.8 exhibit personal responsibility to maximize learning.
ALP.SS.1.1.9 maintain attitudes, dispositions and behaviors that enhance
focus and success.
ALP.SS.1.1.10 apply goal setting techniques to maintain self-directed
learning.
ALP.SS.1.1.11 use self-advocacy, school and community resources and
support services as needed.
Competency 1.2 - Postsecondary Preparation - Students will complete school with the academic preparation to achieve success in an array of postsecondary options including two and four-year colleges, certificate programs, employment, on-the-job training, apprenticeship programs, and the military.
Content Area:
Crosswalk
Comments
Objectives
Through a developmentally appropriate, integrated approach, students will have regular opportunities to:
Learning Outcome: Prepare for Postsecondary Success
ALP.SS.1.2.1 evaluate academic performance and course selections in
relationship to postsecondary options.
ALP.SS.1.2.2 apply knowledge of skills, interests, aptitudes and the
workplace to guide decision-making in relation to
postsecondary choices.
ALP.SS.1.2.3 explore matriculation agreements for utilizing high school
courses, assessment results and programs in personally
identified postsecondary institutions.
ALP.SS.1.2.4 identify and pursue options for earning postsecondary
credits while in high school.
Learning Outcome: Plan to Achieve Goals
ALP.SS.1.2.5 use personal data to refine academic plan and career/life
goals.
ALP.SS.1.2.6 explore costs, eligibility requirements and funding
opportunities for various postsecondary options.
ALP.SS.1.2.7 secure assistance, as needed, for postsecondary planning
and the application process.
Standards 2: CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND LIFE PLANNING - Students will acquire attitudes, skills, knowledge, and behaviors to
make informed career and life decisions.
Competency 2.1 - Career Exploration and Planning: Students will make informed career decisions using knowledge of self and the world of work.
Content Area:
Crosswalk
Comments
Objectives
Through a developmentally appropriate, integrated approach, students will have regular opportunities to:
Learning Outcome: Develop Career Awareness
ALP.SS.2.1.1 use a variety of resources to explore career options in
relation to personal abilities, skills, interests, values and the
current job market.
ALP.SS.2.1.2 evaluate roles, responsibilities and requirements for
progressions of career levels from entry to advanced
positions.
ALP.SS.2.1.3 explore career options in relation to career clusters and
transferable skills.
Learning Outcome: Develop Career and Life Plan
ALP.SS.2.1.4 update career cluster and personalized education plan in
relation to changing interest, job demand and personal data.
ALP.SS.2.1.5 revise career/life plan to reflect changing personal lifestyle
dreams.
Learning Outcome: Careers and Life Success
ALP.SS.2.1.6 determine how one’s personal career plan impacts lifestyles
and opportunities.
ALP.SS.2.1.7 model expected workplace dispositions, skills and behaviors
in school, community and occupational experiences to
prepare for career success.
ALP.SS.2.1.8 evaluate the relevance of lifelong learning as situations and
responsibilities change that require new knowledge and
skills.
Standards 3: PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT - Students will acquire attitudes, knowledge, skills and behaviors that support
school success and prepare them for adulthood.
Competency 3.1 - Respect for Self and Others: Students will acquire the attitudes, knowledge, skills, and behaviors to understand and respect self
and others, maintaining positive relationships.
Content Area:
Crosswalk
Comments
Objectives
Through a developmentally appropriate, integrated approach, students will have regular opportunities to:
Learning Outcome: Understand Self and Others
ALP.SS.3.1.1 analyze how thoughts, feelings, attitudes, values and beliefs
affect decision making and behavior.
ALP.SS.3.1.2 use active listening to identify and understand the feelings
and perspectives of others.
ALP.SS.3.1.3 use mistakes as learning opportunities to grow personally
and socially.
Learning Outcome: Maintain Positive Relationships
ALP.SS.3.1.4 distinguish between healthy and unhealthy relationships.
ALP.SS.3.1.5 apply appropriate anger management and conflict resolution
techniques.
ALP.SS.3.1.6 minimize words and actions that hurt self and others.
ALP.SS.3.1.7 address peer pressure in safe and effective ways.
ALP.SS.3.1.8 identify bullying behaviors and utilize appropriate skills to
address and decrease bullying.
Learning Outcome: Exhibit Respectful Behavior
ALP.SS.3.1.9 respect personal boundaries and privacy needs.
ALP.SS.3.1.10 interact appropriately with varying audiences in all settings.
ALP.SS.3.1.11 use social and communication skills, dispositions, and
character traits appropriate for various situations and
audiences.
Competency 3.2 - Goal Setting and Attainment: Students will make decisions, set goals and take necessary actions to attain goals.
Content Area:
Crosswalk
Comments
Objectives
Through a developmentally appropriate, integrated approach, students will have regular opportunities to:
Learning Outcome: Decision Making and Personal Responsibility
ALP.SS.3.2.1 analyze the relationship between behaviors, choices and
consequences and apply a decision making model to achieve
desired goals.
ALP.SS.3.2.2 develop and implement action plans to attain school, home
and civic goals.
ALP.SS.3.2.3 utilize problem solving techniques to generate alternatives
and address changes to attain goals.
ALP.SS.3.2.4 identify possible long term consequences of decisions and
take responsibility to achieve desired goals.
Competency 3.3 - Safety and Survival Skills: Students will acquire attitudes, knowledge, skills and behaviors to ensure the emotional & physical
safety of self and others and develop basic survival skills.
Content Area:
Crosswalk
Comments
Objectives
Through a developmentally appropriate, integrated approach, students will have regular opportunities to:
Learning Outcome: Protect Emotional and Physical Safety
ALP.SS.3.3.1 apply strategies to reduce stress and protect safety,
differentiating between situations requiring self-help, peer
support, adult or professional help.
ALP.SS.3.3.2 utilize communication skills and strategies to participate in
only safe and healthy activities.
ALP.SS.3.3.3 develop and implement plans for situations such as teasing,
bullying, harassment, threats, intimidation and other violent
acts or dangerous situations.
ALP.SS.3.3.4 know emergency contact information and utilize school and
community resources to protect personal safety.
Standard 4: GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP - Students will acquire knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors regarding the social/cultural,
economic, and environmental issues associated with being positioned as a globally responsible and successful citizen.
Competency 4.1 - Intercultural Perspectives: Students will acquire knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors of an intercultural perspective that
contributes to civil and considerate living in a modern society and global community.
Content Area:
Crosswalk
Comments
Objectives
Through a developmentally appropriate, integrated approach, students will have regular opportunities to:
Learning Outcome: Acquire a Diverse and Knowledgeable World View
ALP.SS.4.1.1 describe how the characteristics of diverse world regions
and individual communities contribute to varying world
views.
ALP.SS.4.1.2 investigate and explain how factors such as ethnicity,
gender, religion and sexuality contribute to different social
and world views.
Learning Outcome: Interact Respectfully with Diverse Cultures
ALP.SS.4.1.3 analyze global issues and events to gain an understanding of
others’ viewpoints.
ALP.SS.4.1.4 analyze language, behavior and non-verbal communication
cues to interact respectfully with diverse cultures.
ALP.SS.4.1.5 examine the influence of stereotyping and prejudice and
how they impact relationships.
Competency 4.2 - Democratic Principles: Students will acquire knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors to contribute to a just, peaceful and
sustainable global democracy.
Content Area:
Crosswalk
Comments
Objectives
Through a developmentally appropriate, integrated approach, students will have regular opportunities to:
Learning Outcome: Promote Social Justice
ALP.SS.4.2.1 adhere to classroom and school rules and community laws
to protect individual rights and property.
ALP.SS.4.2.2 identify and discuss issues of social justice.
Learning Outcome: Assume Responsible Leadership
ALP.SS.4.2.3 demonstrate characteristics of successful leaders and team
members to reach goals.
ALP.SS.4.2.4 exhibit leadership through service to improve the school and
community.
Learning Outcome: Practice Financial Responsibility
ALP.SS.4.2.5 assess personal needs, wants and values to develop a budget.
ALP.SS.4.2.6 investigate means of saving and investing to maintain longterm financial stability.
ALP.SS.4.2.7 evaluate the consequences of spending related to debt and
debt management.
ALP.SS.4.2.8 recognize marketing approaches that lead to overconsumption and discuss ways to reject them.